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Płoty

Place in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

53°48′29″N 15°15′53″E / 53.80806°N 15.26472°E / 53.80806; 15.26472Country

PolandVoivodeshipWest PomeranianCountyGryficeGminaPłotyEstablished8th centuryTown rights1277Government

• MayorMarian MalińskiArea

• Total4.12 km² (1.59 sq mi)Population

(2010)^[1]

• Total4,035 • Density980/km² (2,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

72-310

Car platesZGYWebsitehttp://www.ploty.pl/ Map

Płoty [ˈpwɔtɨ] (Kashubian: Płota; German: Plathe an der Rega) is a town in Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,035 inhabitants (2010).

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1871	2,091	—
1880	2,226	+6.5%
1890	2,262	+1.6%
1900	2,276	+0.6%
1910	2,849	+25.2%
1925	3,272	+14.8%
1939	3,646	+11.4%
1950	1,817	−50.2%
1960	3,088	+70.0%
2010	4,035	+30.7%
Source: ^[2]^[1]

Notable people

Fritz Köpke (1902–1991), German athlete, competed in the men's high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics

International relations

Płoty is twinned with:

Niebüll, Germany

References

^ ^a ^b Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 38.